A General History of Music, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from A General History of Music, Vol. 1: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period, to Which Is Prefixed, a Dissertation on the Music of the AncientsThere' are already more profound books on the fubjeét' of ancient, 'as Well as modern Mafic, 'than have ever been read, it was time to try 'to treat it in fuch a manner as was likely to engage the attention of thofe that are unable, or unwilling, to read't'reatifes written, for the-mofr part, by perfons who were more ambitions, of i appearing learned themfclves, than of making others fo. Indeed, I have long fince found it necef fary'to read with caution the fplendid a¿'ertions of writers cone cerning mufi'c, till -i was convinced of their knowledge of the fubjeél: for I have frequently deted'ced ancients as we'll as mo derns, whofe fam'e-fets-them almoft-above cenfure, of utter' ignorance in-this particular, while-they have thought it necef fary 'to talk adult-it: Apuleius, Paufanias, and Athenmus, among the ancients, were certainly muficians but it is not fot evident that Cicero, Hora-cc, and others, who have interfperfed many -paffages concerning Mufic in their works, under¿oor], the fubjeé't any more than our 'addifon, Pope, and Swift. Among thefe, the two firf't have written odes on St. Cecilia's day, ia which they 1manifef'c the catirc fiparatz'oa of Mufio and-poetry, and {hewfithe pofiibility of wr1t1ng well ou what is neither felt nor underflood.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.